July 5, 2025
Privilege’s dad didn’t notice, and the two boys began stealing beer and drinking together. Denroy imagined that he felt happier every time that they drank. That summer, he began to drink heavily. During the school year, he and Privilege drank only once a week, but during summer vacation they drank nearly every day.
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July 12, 2025
Dad didn’t like Adventists. Mom had been raised Adventist but had stopped going to church because of Dad. When Tanya returned home, Dad told her that she could go to any church except the Adventist Church. He didn’t say why.
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July 19, 2025
Over the next two months of rehearsals, the dancers taught Genius how to smoke without choking and coughing. First, they taught him to smoke tobacco. Then they taught him to smoke marijuana, which is illegal in Zimbabwe. Genius began to buy tobacco and marijuana with the allowance that he received from his parents. It was just enough money to join the dancers in smoking at their weekly rehearsals.
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July 26, 2025
“Dear God, it will be so difficult for the work that You have assigned us to do to move forward without water,” one student prayed. “We need to carry the three angels’ messages to the world,” prayed another. “Without water, it will be so difficult.”
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August 2, 2025
As the weeks passed, Tracy changed her mind about her Saturday plans. She had thought that she would need to study or relax in her room on Saturdays. But she didn’t need special time to relax on Saturdays because everyone was resting.
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August 9, 2025
This was not how things were done where Siyabonga lived. He had never experienced anything like this before. But he liked it. He felt motivated. He felt empowered. He felt closer to God. Then Siyabonga began to feel bad about the bad things that he had done in his life. He felt guilt. He felt sorrow. He humbled himself before God and asked for forgiveness.
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August 16, 2025
As people start to drink, fights inevitably break out. Uapahurua once saw a drunken teen push another and snarl, “Get out of the way. I want to pass you.” The teen who was pushed fought back. Other teens joined in, and a knife fight erupted.
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August 23, 2025
The church experience was unusual for Kazuvakua. The pastor taught songs, and he preached. The songs were new and difficult for Kazuvakua to learn. She had never heard about the God whom they were singing about. But she liked the songs. She liked the message of the songs. The songs spoke about a God who provided for all of people’s needs.
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August 30, 2025
More than anything, Tjiyapana wants a Seventh-day Adventist church building to be constructed on his land. The nearest church building is located in town, and it takes seven hours to walk there. Tjiyapana, like many Himba people, doesn’t own a car. He has already offered a plot of land to the Adventist Church to build a church.
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September 6, 2025
With tears, he humbled his heart before God and repented. “Dear God,” he prayed. “If this is a lesson from You so I change my ways, I promise that I will become a better person with Your help. Please release me from this place.” Fifteen days later, the police unexpectedly freed Bethel and his three friends. Bethel didn’t know why.
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September 6, 2025
With tears, he humbled his heart before God and repented. “Dear God,” he prayed. “If this is a lesson from You so I change my ways, I promise that I will become a better person with Your help. Please release me from this place.” Fifteen days later, the police unexpectedly freed Bethel and his three friends. Bethel didn’t know why.
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